Religion: $5,000,000 Tithe

In 1913 Clyde Harris, a carpenter, set up a small lumber plant near
Pendleton, Ore. The following year Harris was baptized a Seventh Day
Adventist, after having been attracted by the "clean life" led by
Adventists of his acquaintance. From then on, his church and his
factory were his two big interests in life. A nonsmoker and a
nondrinker, Harris taught Sabbath school and rigidly shut down his
small plant on Saturdays (the Adventist Sabbath), despite the protests
of customers who wanted their lumber deliveries. But he prospered
nonetheless. Harris Pine Mills, Inc. became a $5,000,000 business, with
three subplants in...